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Fighting Chess with Black Yelena Dembo 9781781944615
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79Two great books for players who play the Sicilian Defence and King's Indian Defence in one volume. Fighting the anti-King's Indian by Yelena Denbo Fighting the anti-Sicilians by Richard... -
The Trompowsky Attack: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the... -
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch by Neil McDonald
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $27.30The chess world has been blessed by a number of wonderful strategists, and in Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy, Neil McDonald decides upon his selection of the most prominent ones, highlighting... -
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part Five by Garry Kasparov
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $47.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781945193Author Garry KasparovFormat PaperbackPage Count 482Imprint -
Opening Repertoire: 1 d4 with 2 c4 by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79These days the move 1 d4 is often used as the precursor to quieter opening choices such as the London System, the Colle System or the Trompovsky. In this book the highly experienced chess author and... -
Attack with Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $23.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorThe legendary Mikhail Tal was the finest ever exponent of attacking chess. His all-out sacrificial style... -
Alekhine's Defence by Andrew Martin
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $23.50Alekhine's Defence is a sharp and often underrated counter to 1 e4. Black immediately challenges the white e-pawn and tries to lure White into constructing a big central position. Black's hope is... -
Winning Chess Strategies Yasser Seirawan 9781857443851
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $25.14Readers will gain the advantage over their opponents with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy--it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players... -
Play the King's Indian: A Complete Repertoire for Black in This Most Dynamic of Openings by Joe Gallagher
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.30The King's Indian has always been one of the sharpest, most complex, and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster... -
Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.84This book provides a repertoire for Black with the ever-popular Queen's Gambit Declined. Opening expert John Cox covers not one but two key options for Black. The Tartakower Variation is a... -
Opening Repertoire: Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $28.86The Tarrasch Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined is a fierce counter-attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return... -
Closed Sicilian: Move by Move by Carsten Hansen
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $38.06The opponent who answers 1 e4 with an emphatic 1...c5 (The Sicilian Defence) is often looking for a fight. Such players can be highly theoretically prepared and itching to launch into their own pet... -
Opening Repertoire: The Modern Samisch: Combating the King's Indian and Benoni with 6 Bg5! by Eric Montany
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.21The Samisch variation is a powerful method to counter the popular King's Indian Defence. The key move is the advance f2-f3, consolidating White's central space advantage and limiting Black's options... -
How and when to break the rules in chess by Neil McDonald
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79The computer has changed the way top players think about chess. The silicon mind has no psychological barriers. It is "willing" to check moves that most humans, including top players, consider absurd... -
The Dynamic Reti, the by Nigel Davies
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $24.41The Reti Opening has been a popular choice at all levels of chess for many years and is a favourite among hypermodern players who like to control the centre with pieces. Yet there remains a dearth of... -
Play the Caro-Kann: A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire Against 1 E4 by Jovanka Houska
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $25.86The Caro-Kann is a reliable yet at the same time dynamic answer to White's most popular opening move, 1 e4. It has the seal of approval of numerous leading Grandmasters including Vishy Anand, Evgeny... -
Starting out: the French by Byron Jacobs
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $24.41The French is one of Black's soundest defences to 1 e4 and is very popular at all levels of chess. Club players enjoy its super-solid structure, while at the top it's played by famous grandmasters... -
The Starting Out: The Scotch Game by John Emms
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.30The Scotch Game is one of the oldest openings in chess and has a great history, but more recently it was catapulted back into the limelight due to the enterprise of World number one Garry Kasparov,... -
The Old Indian: Move by Move by Junior Tay
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the... -
Bird's Opening: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the... -
10 Great Ways to Get Better at Chess by Nigel Davies
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.54How can you improve at chess? This is the eternal question asked by players of all levels. Which part of the game should you focus on? How often should you play? Should you change your opening... -
Attacking Chess: The French: A Dynamic Repertoire for Black by Simon Williams
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $26.19Simon Williams presents an ambitious opening repertoire for Black based on the ever-popular French Defence. In this book one of the world's most imaginative Grandmasters combines his unique attacking... -
Magnus Force: How Carlsen Beat Kasparov's Record by Colin Crouch 9781781941331
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $26.77In December 2012 Magnus Carlsen won the prestigious London Chess Classic and in doing so he became the highest-rated chess player in the history of the game, beating Garry Kasparov's 13-year-old... -
First Steps: The Modern Defence by Cyrus Lakdawala 9781781944103
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $27.51The Modern Defence is an important opening that can be played by Black against absolutely any White opening system. It is an ambitious, counterattacking weapon, favoured by dynamic players. White is... -
The Complete Chess Workout: 2 by Richard Palliser 9781857449853
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79It's time to start your chess training! This is the eagerly awaited follow-up to The Complete Chess Workout, Richard Palliser's highly acclaimed chess puzzle book. Now he presents the reader with... -
Nimzowitsch: Move by Move by Steve Giddins 9781781941980
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $27.51Aron Nimzowitsch is one of the most important figures in chess history. He was one of the World's strongest players and contributed enormously to the development of chess both through his games and... -
Chess Developments: Semi-slav 5 Bg5 by Bryan Paulsen 9781857449877
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.84Chess Developments provides state-of-the-art openings coverage. Chess Developments focuses on the current trends - concentrating on critical lines, theoretical novelties and powerful new ideas. It... -
Chess Secrets: Great Chess Romantics: Learn from Anderssen, Chigorin, Reti, Larsen and Morozevich by Craig Pritchett 9781857449891
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $26.19Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental... -
Chess Developments: Sicilian Najdorf 6 Bg5 by Kevin Goh Wei Ming 9781781940211
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.79Chess Developments is a series which provides state-of-the-art openings coverage. Chess Developments focuses on the current trendsconcentrating on critical lines, theoretical novelties and powerful... -
Half a Century of Chess by Mikhail Botvinnik 9781781943335
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $27.51In this collection of his best games, former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrates the deep strategic style that took him to the title . Written by one of the greatest players of all time ... -
Starting Out: Open Games by Glenn Flear 9781857446302
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $26.19Starting Out: Open Games is a further addition to Everyman's best-selling Starting Out series. Grandmaster Glenn Flear revisits the fundamentals of Open Games, examining the key moves and plans for... -
Why We Lose at Chess by Colin Crouch 9781857446364
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.84The main reason why we lose at chess is no big secret: we all make unnecessary mistakes! But simply acknowledging this fact isn't enough to help us improve. The big question is, how can we eliminate... -
The French Defence: Move by Move by Damian Lemos 9781781945650
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.21The French Defence is a classical opening that has featured in the repertoire of many elite grandmasters. Black generally concedes a slight spacial disadvantage early but in return gains a sound... -
Play the O'Kelly Sicilian by Andrew Martin 9781781946244
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $27.51The O'Kelly variation of the Sicilian Defence (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6) is a wonderful system for those who enjoy playing Sicilian positions but don't want to get bogged down in heavy theory. The O'Kelly... -
Basic Chess Openings by Gabor Kallai 9781857441130
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $24.41Using a fresh approach, Hungarian Grandmaste r Kallai explains the basic principles of every popular mode rn chess opening. He concentrates on developing a solid unde rstanding of the ideas of each... -
Learn Chess: A Complete Course by C.H.O'D. Alexander 9781857441154
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.84Learn Chess: A Complete Course provides everything you need to know to get started in chess. The first part is devoted to first principles, explaining the rules and basic strategies, whilst the... -
Dangerous Weapons: The Ruy Lopez by John Emms 9781857446913
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $26.19Do you need to freshen up your chess openings? Stun your opponents with new and exciting ideas! Dangerous Weapons is a series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of... -
The French Advance by Sam Collins 9781857443912
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $23.50The Advance Variation is a popular and direct way of meeting the ultra-solid French Defence. Very early on in the game White opts to fix the pawn structure and establishes a genuine space advantage,... -
Excelling at Combinational PLA by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard 9781857443455
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $26.19Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one of the principal components of a successful chess player. But how can one improve on such an important skill? How can one acquire combinational... -
Modern Defence by Jon Speelman 9781857442816
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $23.50The Modern Defence leads to sharp and dynamic positions from the very first moves. Black concedes space in the centre with a view to launching a counter-attack based on his powerful bishop fianchetto...